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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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