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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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