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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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