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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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