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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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