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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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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