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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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