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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 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...

