Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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