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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
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...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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