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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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