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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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