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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

