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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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