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

