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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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