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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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