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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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