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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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