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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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
Old Brewery In Preston