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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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