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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

