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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City