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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

