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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
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...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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