Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown