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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

