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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

