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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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