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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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