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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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