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