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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

