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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

