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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

