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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

