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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

