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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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