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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

