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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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