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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

