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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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