Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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