Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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