Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

