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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

