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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

