When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasnโt until...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

