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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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