Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

