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

