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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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