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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul