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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

