When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

