Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Twin Cities Area
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

