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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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