Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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