Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

