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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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