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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

