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...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

