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

