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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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