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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

