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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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