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