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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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