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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

