Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

