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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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