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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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