Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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