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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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