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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

