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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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