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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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