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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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