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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

