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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

