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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

