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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

