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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

