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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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