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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

