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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

