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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

