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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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