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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

