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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

