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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

