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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

