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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

