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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...

