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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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