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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

