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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

