Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

