Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
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...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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