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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

