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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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