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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

