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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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