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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

