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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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