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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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