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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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