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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown