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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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