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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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