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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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