Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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