Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

