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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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