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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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