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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

