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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

