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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

