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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

