Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
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...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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