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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

