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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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