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...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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