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...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

