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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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