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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

