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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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