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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

