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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

