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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

