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