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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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