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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

