Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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