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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

