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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

