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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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