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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
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