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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
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...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

