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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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