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