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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

