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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

