Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
