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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

