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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

