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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

