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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

