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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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