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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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