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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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