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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

