Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

