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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston