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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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