Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City