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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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