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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

