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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

