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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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
Carnegie Library In Watertown