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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

