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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

