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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

