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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In 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
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