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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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