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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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