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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In 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