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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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