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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

