Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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