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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

