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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

