Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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...
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