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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

