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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

