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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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