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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

