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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
Old Brewery In Preston