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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

