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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

