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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

