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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

