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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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