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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

