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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

