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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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