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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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