Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
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...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
