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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

