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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

