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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

