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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

