Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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