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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

