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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

