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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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