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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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