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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown