Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

