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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

