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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown