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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

