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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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