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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

