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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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