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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

