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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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