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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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