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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

