Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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