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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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