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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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