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...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital 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