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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

