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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

