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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

