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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

