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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

