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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

