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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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