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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

