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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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