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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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