Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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