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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

