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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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