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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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