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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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