Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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