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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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