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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

