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

