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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
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...

