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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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