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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

