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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown