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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

