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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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