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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul