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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

