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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

