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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
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...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

