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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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