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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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