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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

