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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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