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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
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...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

