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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

