Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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