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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

