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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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