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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown