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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston