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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

