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