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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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