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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

