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