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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

