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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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