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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
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...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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