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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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