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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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