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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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