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