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