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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

