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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

