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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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