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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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