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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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