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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

