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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
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...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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