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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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