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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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