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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

