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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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