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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

