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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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