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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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