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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

