Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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