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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

