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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

