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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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