Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
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...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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