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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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