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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
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...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

