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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

