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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown