Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

