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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

