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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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