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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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