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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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