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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown