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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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