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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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