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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

