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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

