Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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