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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

