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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
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...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

