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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

