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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

