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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion 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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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