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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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