Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston