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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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