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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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