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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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