Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

