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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

