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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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