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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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