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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

