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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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