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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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