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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

