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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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