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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

