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