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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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