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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluthโs west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

