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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

