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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

