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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

