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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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