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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

