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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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 Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston