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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

