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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
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...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

