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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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