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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

