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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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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