Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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