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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

