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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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