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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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