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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

