Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown