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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

