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