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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

