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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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