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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

