When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

