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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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