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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

