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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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