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 and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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