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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

