When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City