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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown