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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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