Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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