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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston