Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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