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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

