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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of 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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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