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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
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
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

