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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

