Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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