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...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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