Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

