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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston