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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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