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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown