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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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