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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

