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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

