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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

