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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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