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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

