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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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