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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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