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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital 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