Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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