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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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