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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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