When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

