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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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