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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

