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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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