Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

