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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

