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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

