Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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...
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