Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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