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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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