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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

