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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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