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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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