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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

