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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

