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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown