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 and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
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...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In 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