Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Twin Cities Area
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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