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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

