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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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