Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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