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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

