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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City