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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

