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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

