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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

