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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

