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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

