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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

