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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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