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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

