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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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