Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

