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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

