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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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