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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota 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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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