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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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