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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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