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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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