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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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