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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

