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