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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
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
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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