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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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