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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown