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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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