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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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