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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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