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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
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...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

