Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
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...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

