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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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