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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston