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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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