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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

