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