Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
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