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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

