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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

