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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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