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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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