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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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