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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

