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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
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
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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