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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

