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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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