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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

