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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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