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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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