Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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...

