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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

