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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

