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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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