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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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