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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

