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...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

