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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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