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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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