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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

