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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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