Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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