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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown