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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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