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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...

