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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

