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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

