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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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