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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

