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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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