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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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