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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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