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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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