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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

