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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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