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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston