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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

