Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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