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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

