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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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