Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

