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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston