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

