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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

