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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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