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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

