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...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

