Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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