Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

