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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

