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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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