Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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