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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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