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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

