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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

