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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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