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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

