Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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