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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

