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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

