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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

