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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

