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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

