Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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