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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

