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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

