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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

