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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

