Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

