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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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