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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
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...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

