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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

