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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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