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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston